Haïti in the world

Haïti, do you know?

Haitï is a part of an island located near the mexican costs.

Facts:
-Capital: Port-au-Prince
-The number of resident: about 11 000 000
-President: Mr Jocelerme Privert
-Area: about 28000 kilometers square
-In 2010, a terrible earthquake destroy a lot of building like houses or hospitals (7,9 billion euros of damage and
kill 300 000 people).
-Haïti still a wonderful place to spend holidays: there are many mountains, beautiful beaches, a lot of sun ...

 

 

Haïti est un État situé au large des côtes mexicaines. Elle fait partie d’une  île constituée de deux États: elle-même et la République dominicaine.

Haïti est une République dont le président (provisoire) est Mr. Jocelerme Privert et le premier ministre, Mr. Enex Jean-Charles.

Le pays compte environ 11 millions d’habitants et possède une superficie de 28 000 km2. La capitale s’appelle Port-au-Prince et est situé sur la côte Est du pays. Les langues officielles sont le Créole et le Français, d’ailleurs Haïti possède des liens diplomatiques et culturels très forts avec la France car c’est une ancienne colonie francophone.

Malheureusement, le 12 Janvier 2010, un terrible séisme fait trembler l’île causant de nombreux dommages matériels et humains (300 000 morts et 6,6 milliards d’euros de destruction soit 120% supérieur au PIB du pays en 2009!).

Cependant, Haïti regorge de merveilles, en témoignent ses magnifiques plages, ses grottes réputées dans le monde entier, son climat ensoleillé et ses montagnes gigantesques.

Take a stand, save Haiti!

About business

I am going to speak about one of the biggest problems in Haiti that you guys have to know! Haiti is the less developed country of the entire western hemisphere. It means that 78% of Haiti’s people are below the poverty line and 56% in extreme poverty.

Despite this poverty

The economic disparity is raised: 63 % of the wealth of the country is in the hands of the richest (20 % of the population), whereas the poorest, 40 % of the population, have access to only 9 % of the wealth.

This disparity is one of the highest of the entire world. If the richest would help the poorest maybe that the economic situation will be better. And you what do you thing about this problem?

     

 

Je vais vous parler d’un des plus gros problèmes de Haïti que vous devez absolument connaître.

Haïti est le pays le moins développé de tout l’hémisphère occidental. En effet, 78% de la population d’Haïti vit en dessous du seuil de pauvreté et 56% vit en situation d’extrême pauvreté.

Malgré cette pauvreté

La disparité économique est très importante : 63% des richesses du pays sont entre les mains  des plus riches (20% de la population), tandis que les plus pauvres, 40% de la population, ont seulement accès à 9% des richesses.

Cette disparité est l’une des plus importantes dans le monde. Si les plus riches personnes aideraient les plus pauvres alors, peut-être que, la situation économique d’Haïti serait meilleure. Et vous qu’en pensez-vous ?

Medicine and health in Haiti

Deficient sanitation systems, poor nutrition, and inadequate health services have pushed Haiti to the bottom of the rankings of health .With 80 percent of Haiti’s population who lives below the poverty line, malnutrition is a real problem. Half of the population can be categorized as food insecure and even less has access to clean drinking water.  Half of all Haitian children are undersized as a result of malnutrition; Haiti’s healthy life expectancy at birth is 63 years old. But we estimate that only 43 percent of the target population receives the recommended immunizations. Economic instability is increasing the problem. Haiti spends about 83$US per habitant annually on health care. There are 25 physicians and 11 nurses for 100,000 people. Only 1 birth out of 4 is assisted by a skilled health professional. Most rural areas have no access to health care.                                                                      

Haiti has the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS outside of Africa, (2.5 percent of the population). Annually, 5,000 Haitian babies are born infected with the AIDS virus. The disease causes one infant death out of 5 and makes 200,000 orphans. Plus Haiti is largely exposed to natural risk like seism, landslide or even tsunami which is really devastating as much materially as medically speaking.

Les mauvaises conditions de vie en Haïti l’on poussé au bas de l’échelle mondial de la santé. 80% de la population vit en dessous du seuil de pauvreté dont une majorité n’aillant ni accès à l’eau propre ni aux immunisations recommandées. A cause des problèmes économiques du pays les innovations dans le domaine de la médecine sont très limitées. Le personnel médicale qualifié est assez restreint par     rapport au nombre d’habitant (environ 31 médecin pour 100.000 personnes).                                                             On estime qu’environ 2.5% de la population sont infecté par le virus du SIDA, une mort infantile sur 5 est du à ce virus il a également rendu 200.000 orphelins. Haïti est largement exposé aux catastrophes naturelles (tsunamis, tremblements de terre ; séismes …) ce qui est dévastateur au niveau médical et matériel.

Reason of this blog

A few months ago when we talked about concrete actions to help the world. A student found the website of the French association “Action contre la faim” who helps people suffering from malnutrition in different countries. A few weeks after, a stakeholder came in our class to talk about their actions, she talked about what they did last year in Haiti to help the malnourished population. So our teacher decided to make us create a blog about this country and inform people about the problems they’re facing.

We talked a lot about Haiti in the media in 2010 after the disastrous earthquake that destroyed everything, but the living condition were already really bad before this. Only 11% of the people living in the country side have access to electricity against 63% in the city. A lot of people earn less than 2 dollars a day (which is obviously not enough to eat correctly). It is also south America's most unequal land, 20% of the population own 64% of the total wealth while 20% of the poorest population barely own 1%. Some people have to walk 2 hours to get clean water. A lot of children also suffer of malnutrition, the French association “ Action contre la faim” helps them by giving them the right medicine and taking care of them.

Haiti Environment

Haiti is an island between the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Haiti has a border with the Dominican Republic. This Island has an area of 27,750 square kilometers. Its capital, the largest city, is Port-au-Prince, it is locates in the country’s southwest coast.